Building Learning Communities Online
One of the more critical issues in moving post-secondary teaching and learning online is how to preserve the interactions through which knowledge is developed. This presentation will discuss creating course environments that foster the emergence of online learning communities. The Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework for understanding and fostering learning online will be described in terms of each of the components of the CoI model-social, teaching, and cognitive presence.
Karen Swan is the Stukel Professor of Educational Leadership and a Research Associate in the Center for Online Learning, Research, and Service at the University of Illinois Springfield (UIS). Karen's research has been in the general area of electronic media and learning. Her current interests center on online learning. She was awarded the OLC award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in 2006 and was inducted into the inaugural group of OLC Fellows in 2010. She also received the 2010 Distinguished Alumni Award from Teachers College, Columbia University and the 2014 Burks Oakley II Distinguished Online Teaching Award from the UIS.
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